Agriculture

Canadian ranchers brace for long, lean winter after droughts, soaring feed costs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It could be a long, lean winter in cattle country as drought-ravaged western Canadian ranchers struggle to secure feed to get their livestock through the cold months.Near the town of ...

Oct 27, 2023

GGC chair disappointed with delay for Bill C-234

The chair of the Grain Growers of Canada says his group is disappointed that Bill C-234 has been delayed. The bill would have eliminated the carbon tax on fuel used for grain drying and heating or coo...

Curtis Galbraith Oct 26, 2023

Variable yields, good quality for this year's Peace Region crop

Nearly all the harvest has finished in the Peace this year.Valhalla producer and Grain Growers of Canada chair Andre Harpe says while the cereals ripened and were harvested quickly, people had to wait...

Oct 20, 2023

Drought relief support for livestock producers

The governments of Alberta and Canada are providing $165 million to support livestock producers affected by drought and extreme growing conditions. Provincial officials say Alberta's livestock produce...

Tanner Smith Oct 20, 2023

MD of Smoky River temporarily closing Range Road 214 for culvert replacement work

The MD of Smoky River has temporarily closed Range Road 214.The road north of Falher has been closed from Township Road 782 to Township Road 784 for culvert replacement work.Traffic will be detoured e...

Oct 19, 2023

Province says harvest completion at 95 per cent as of October 10

The October 10 crop report from the province and AFSC said that 95.4 per cent of the crop in the Peace had been combined as of that date, up from 91 per cent in the October 3 report.Almost all of the ...

Oct 17, 2023

Peace Region harvest completion ahead of five and ten-year averages

The latest crop report from the province and AFSC, dated October 3, says 91 per cent of the Peace Region crop had been combined as of that date.The five-year average for the same time of year is 64.9 ...

Oct 11, 2023

Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP calls spat between Canada and India "an unprecedented situation"

The diplomatic spat between Canada and India continues.Both countries have told diplomatic staff from the other to leave their country after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons tha...

Oct 06, 2023

TARA Centre extends naming rights agreement

TARA Energy Services has extended its naming rights contract with Evergreen Park until 2027. Crews from Impact Print & Promo have already begun updating the signage on the TARA Centre. The two com...

Sep 27, 2023

Province releases plan for wild horses in Alberta

The Alberta government has released a plan to help manage the more than 1400 wild horses that call the province home. The government says it developed the feral horse management framework to help enco...

Sep 26, 2023